Free College

Wildlife biologist Dena
Emmerson was one of
nearly 5,000 new students
to register at City College
of San Francisco last fall, after
she decided to learn marketing
so that she could launch a
public outreach campaign to
promote conservation. That
semester, she took four marketing
classes for less than the cost
of a lunch in the city’s Financial
District.

CCSF’s publicly funded Free City program fully pays
for students’ tuition, minus the
cost of books, a $17 health fee,
and $3 for online...

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